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of 4-5 teeth, of which the distal one is longest, the row nearest the 
axis of the leg composed of a single small tooth or tubercle nearer 
the middle of the claw; claws of fourth leg with 3 unequal teeth 
at the base, the inner claw with an additional tooth near the middle, 
nearer the axis of the leg. 
Coxe of pedipalps with a large group of teeth at the base in front ; 
the dabiwm with an apical row of 5-6 and a second row of 2-4 teeth. 
Apical segment of posterior spinners a little over 4 as long as the 
penultimate segment. 
Measurements.—Total length of largest ¢ 23; ean of carapace 8$ 
length of tibia of first leg 34. 
Closely allied to H. vulpecula Sim. from Zululand, but the latter 
is said to have the legs and abdomen dark fulvous and 6-7 teeth on 
the claws of the posterior legs. 
(6) In the Museum is also an old dried ¢ specimen without 
abdomen from Durban, Natal, collected by Colonel J. H. Bowker. 
Gen. STICTOGASTER nov. 
Carapace almost glabrous, slightly more than + longer than wide ; 
the cephalic portion in the ¢ strongly convex; the thoracic portion 
depressed, the fovea deep and wide, procurved. Ocular area parallel- 
sided, a little over twice as wide as long, all the eyes situated on the 
tubercle, the anterior row lightly procurved, the posterior row slightly 
or more strongly recurved, the posterior lateral eyes very close to the 
posterior medians and much further from the anterior lateral eyes, 
the lateral eyes equal or the posterior ones somewhat smaller than 
the anterior ones; the eyes of the anterior row equidistant from one 
another, the laterals scarcely twice as large as the median eyes. 
Posterior sternal sagilla moderately large, oval, about their own 
length from the lateral margin and slightly over to 14 times that 
distance apart, the 2 anterior pairs small, those opposite the second 
pair of legs nearly twice their own length from the lateral margin ; 
the 3 sagilla of each side almost in a straight line. Labium about 
1$ times as wide as long, its anterior part thickly covered with 
numerous teeth. Maxille wide, with a group of teeth at the base in 
front. Cheliceree with 2 rows of 7-10 teeth each below and a few 
additional teeth between these posteriorly, the anterior teeth of the 
outer row strong, commencing far forwards; the anterior edge armed 
on the inner part with a row of about 4 large, broad, subequal spines, 
and in the outer part with a row of long setiform spines intermixed 
with some short sharp ones. Tarsus of pedipalp with several short 
spines below, those of the legs unspined. ‘Tarsus and distal part of 
